Floating solar power could help fight climate change — let’s get it right

Rafael M. Almeida, Rafael Schmitt, Steven M. Grodsky, Alexander S. Flecker, Carla P. Gomes, Lu Zhao, Haohui Liu, Nathan Barros, Rafael Kelman and Peter B. McIntyre

Nature, 2022, vol. 606, issue 7913, 246-249

Abstract: Covering 10% of the world’s hydropower reservoirs with ‘floatovoltaics’ would install as much electrical capacity as is currently available for fossil-fuel power plants. But the environmental and social impacts must be assessed.

Keywords: Climate change; Energy; Policy; Technology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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